PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Arjun Bhate (ranked 5565 p4p, 24444 weight class) and Nils De Wilde (ranked 350 p4p, 356 weight class). Bhate's entrance music is Coming Back To You. A fine choice. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bhate
vs
De Wilde

181 cm
22
155
4 - 7 - 0

185 cm
23
145
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arjun Bhate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nils De Wilde!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bhate misses with a right hand
and De Wilde counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Arjun Bhate has been cut.
Bhate dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bhate rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and De Wilde counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Bhate is rocked!
De Wilde takes one on the button.
Oh Bhate is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
De Wilde thumps Bhate with a low kick.
Bhate seems to have got his legs back now.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bhate. De Wilde does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bhate misses with a right hand
and De Wilde counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bhate throws a poor cross that misses
and De Wilde counters with a nice uppercut.
De Wilde takes a body punch but keeps moving.
De Wilde fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Wilde misses with a hook.
De Wilde misses with a wild body shot.
De Wilde ducks under a wild hook from Bhate.
De Wilde now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Bhate looks to land a left hand but De Wilde moved out of range nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from De Wilde misses.
De Wilde paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nice jab there from Bhate.
De Wilde with the inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Bhate misses the target.
De Wilde on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bhate throws a hook but De Wilde blocks it.
Nice defenses there by De Wilde.
De Wilde lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Bhate looks to land a right hand but De Wilde moved out of range.
De Wilde feints a counter leg kick.
De Wilde is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bhate throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
De Wilde scores with a sloppy right hand. Bhate should have avoided that one.
De Wilde looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bhate ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bhate takes a swing at De Wilde's ribcage but misses.
De Wilde slips a jab from Bhate.
Bhate lands a head shot.
Bhate misses with a hook.
Bhate misses with a wild body shot.
De Wilde swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Bhate misses its intended target.
Bhate jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bhate works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Wilde attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bhate throws out a loose jab but De Wilde uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've been hearing reports that Bhate has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Bhate throws out a loose jab but De Wilde uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Wilde works the jab nicely.
Bhate slips a jab from De Wilde.
Bhate swings widly with a right hand
and De Wilde counters with a straight that turns Bhate's legs to rubber! De Wilde pushes forward with more strikes and Bhate goes down, battered and bloody! That's a wrap folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nils De Wilde!